The Liberal Party claim to be the workers' friends. What have they done for him during the last ten years? What are they willing to do for him now, or when they get office? Here is a quotation from a speech made some years ago by Sir William Harcourt-- An attempt is being sedulously made to identify the Liberal Government and the Liberal Party with dreamers of dreams, with wild, anarchical ideas, and anti-social projects. Gentlemen, I say, if I have a right to speak on behalf of the Liberal Party, that we have no sympathy with these mischief-makers at all. The Liberal Party has no share in them; their policy is a constructive policy; they have no revolutionary schemes either in politics, in society, or in trade. You may say that is old. Try this new one. It is from the lips of Mr. Harmsworth, the "official Liberal candidate" at the last by-election in North-East Lanark-- My own opinion is that a _modus vivendi_ should be arrived at between the official Liberal Party and such Labour organisations as desire parliamentary representation, provided, of course, that they are not _tainted with Socialist doctrines_. It should not be difficult to come to something like an amicable settlement. I must say that it came upon me with something of a shock to find that amongst those who sent messages to the Socialist candidate wishing success to him in his propaganda were two Members of Parliament who profess allegiance to the Liberal Party. Provided, "of course," that _they are not tainted with Socialist doctrines_. With Socialist doctrines Sir William Harcourt and Mr. Harmsworth will have no dealings. Now, if you read what I have written in this book you will see that there is no possible reform that can do the workers any real or lasting good unless that reform is _tainted with Socialist doctrines_. Only legislation of a socialistic nature can benefit the working class. And that kind of legislation the Liberals will not touch. It is true there are some individual members amongst the Radicals who are prepared to go a good way with the Socialists. But what can they do? In the House they must obey the Party Whip, and the Party Whip never cracks for socialistic measures. I wonder how many Labour seats have been lost through Home Rule. Time after time good Labour candidates have been defeated because Liberal working men feared to lose a Home Rule vote in the House. And what has Labour got from the Home Rule Liberals it has elected? And where is Home Rule to-day? Let me give you a typical case. A Liberal Unionist lost his seat. He at once became a Home Ruler, and was adopted as Liberal candidate to stand against a Labour candidate and against a Tory. The Labour candidate was a Home Ruler, and had been a Home Ruler when the Liberal candidate was a Unionist.